These pros help clients with everything from a where'd-it-go? libido to serious sexual dysfunction. Their friends—now including you—get that intimate advice for free.

If you feel bad about your body, try sleeping naked

If you feel bad about your body, try sleeping naked

"After having a child, a friend of mine was worried that her husband would no longer love the way she looked and that it would hurt their sex life. I suggested she try this one simple behavior: sleeping in the nude. It turned out that her husband already did that habitually. There's something very different that happens under the covers when skin touches skin and you can truly feel each other, instead of just pj's. Even when exhaustion takes over, the simplicity of entwined legs or a brush of a limb can keep you connected and more intimate. And it can even lead to feeling better about your body. Touch is profound—feeling your partner's skin against you in small, nonsexual ways is a nonverbal reminder that he loves and accepts your body, and he's not backing off, because it feels good. That can lead to better acceptance on your part too." —Sharon Gilchrest O'Neill, a marriage and family psychotherapist in Mount Kisco, NY, and the author of A Short Guide to a Happy Marriage

Breathe your way through a sex problem

Breathe your way through a sex problem

"I've had several girlfriends come to me with issues of pain during sex. Sometimes it's due to a disorder called vaginismus, but some women just have pain without any discernible cause. One particular friend was already being treated by her ob/gyn for the medical component, but I knew there were emotional issues as well. She has a history of sexual abuse and a lot of fear when it comes to sex. I recommended that she and her partner try 'sacred spot massage,' where you use fingers or a small vibrator to stimulate the 'G spot.' When she felt pain, I suggested they stop and become still, and that she breathe deeply and calmly until the pain passed, and then start again. In the beginning they had to stop and start a lot, but they stuck with it together. They can actually have intercourse now because she knows how to relax and breathe through it if discomfort does arise." —Robyn Vogel, a psychotherapist and sex coach in Boston